A large crowd attends Monday's West Lafayette City Council meeting in which annexation was on the agenda.

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The West Lafayette City Council chambers were packed Monday night, and for a brief moment nearly everyone in the room held up one hand, signifying they are against being annexed into the city.

The gesture was at the prompting of Patricia Mason, a former Wabash Township trustee, who called on anyone opposed to West Lafayette's plan.

"I've seen annexation plans come and go during all those 40 years I've lived in Wabash Township," said Mason, who was a trustee for 32 years. "But I have to say this is the most blatant land grab in history." ...